Stupid things you heard today

ridr4lif · Post by **ridr4lif** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:42 pm

Well, i dont know if you have driven a high horsepower fwd as opposed to high horsepower rwd vehicle william, but torquesteer haunts fwd cars...bad!

We recently did a motor swap in a 90's eclipse with a turbo motor, and i test drove it (of course). It had bad torque steer on the street. A rwd car wont have this, or at least not as bad.
I personally agree with Kiki on this one.

edit: Also, high horsepower RWD cars are a lot more fun to drive. THEY GET SIDEWAYS!!!

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:50 pm

Team AI wrote:and the ability of the putz behind the wheel I would trust a good driver behind the wheel of a 8000hp rail before I would want to drive on the road with a friggin' moron in a 3 cylindar geo that misses.

do you need help tuning up your geo? :happy055:

Team AI · Post by **Team AI** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:58 pm

yeah I'm hoping to get er' at 30 hp at the wheel... then she will be haulin' arse... look out you amish bastards I'm comin' to get yuh

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:17 pm

ridr4lif wrote:Well, i dont know if you have driven a high horsepower fwd as opposed to high horsepower rwd vehicle william, but torquesteer haunts fwd cars...bad!

I think the most HP I've driven in a FWD was my mom's van, 240hp. It does have a decent amount of torque steer when that pedal is mashed :) . But still the amount of the torque steer is dependant on just how much power is reaching the wheels and how powerful the power steering is.

I think the only other car I can remember when I valeted was a Ford ZX2. That thing was really light and a 5 speed. Boy that was fun to drive :) I lit up the tires on a parking garage upramp, accidentally though, that clutch bite was about a half inch long and travel about a foot. As though it felt like both tires had spun, I'm sure that only one did being that there is no LSD on it. That thing had a little bit of torque steer to it. I believe they had 130 hp?

ridr4lif wrote:edit: Also, high horsepower RWD cars are a lot more fun to drive. THEY GET SIDEWAYS!!!

YES!

ridr4lif · Post by **ridr4lif** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:24 pm

Yea, this eclipse turbo had to be close to 300 hp...if not more. The kid claimed 450.......but he's a liar. Stupid ricer kid.

BTW, what happened to my username in that second quote??? wtf

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William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:03 pm

ridr4lif wrote:Yea, this eclipse turbo had to be close to 300 hp...if not more. The kid claimed 450.......but he's a liar. Stupid ricer kid.

Stock they have around 200 hp (first generation 195hp/2nd 215hp if I remember right). I know they can be modded for some good cheap power up to around 240 easy and inexpensively.

reyeder fo leyeph wrote:BTW, what happened to my username in that second quote??? wtf

Post by **GlassWolf** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:04 pm

gearing makes a huge difference, too.
a 400HP RWD car with 2.32 gears in back won't be very fast, whereas a 300HP car with 6.54 gears in back will leap out from under ya.

Will, when I move to NC, I'll have to see about coming down to isit some time when it's nice out. That'd be a fun trip.

dyno sheet.. hmm

ridr4lif · Post by **ridr4lif** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:07 pm

wow, hp and tq are almost exact. Thats one badass motor. Did you build it yourself?

Post by **GlassWolf** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:13 pm

Scott Brown and I built it. (Scott runs Straightline, a shop that specializes in mopar engine building for street/strip.)

He clearanced and prepped the block, and did the bottom end/rotating assembly. I built the top end of the motor.

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:14 pm

GlassWolf wrote: Will, when I move to NC, I'll have to see about coming down to isit some time when it's nice out. That'd be a fun trip.

That would be cool. I wouldn't bring the Charger into New Orleans. It's pretty dirty there right now :) NC is a pretty long drive from here.